{
  "title": "Gratiot County Whistleblower, Requests for Comment Log",
  "source": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests",
  "note": "Offices and roles are listed for every request; names only for public officials acting in an official capacity. No email addresses.",
  "generated": "2026-11-02",
  "requests": [
    {
      "id": "2026-10-02-ferc",
      "sent": "2026-10-02",
      "office": "Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Chicago Regional Office",
      "role": "Regional office staff contact named in the commission’s Sept. 18, 2026 letter",
      "name": "Mr. Henri (as addressed)",
      "topic": "the status of the Hydro #5 and #6 units at the City of St. Louis dam (Project No. 11428), and where the city’s operating filings can be found. Sent to the staff contact named in the commission’s Sept. 18, 2026 letter.",
      "status": "No reply yet",
      "status_key": "noreply",
      "reply_by": "2026-10-09",
      "url": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests#2026-10-02-ferc"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-10-02-mppa",
      "sent": "2026-10-02",
      "office": "Michigan Public Power Agency",
      "role": "Chief Executive Officer and General Manager",
      "name": "Patrick Bowland",
      "topic": "whether the St. Louis hydro units count toward the city’s capacity or energy credit, whether the city’s supply arrangements depend on its generating units operating, and which projects or purchases supply the city’s energy.",
      "status": "No reply yet",
      "status_key": "noreply",
      "reply_by": "2026-10-09",
      "url": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests#2026-10-02-mppa"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-10-02-st-louis-followup",
      "sent": "2026-10-02",
      "office": "City of St. Louis",
      "role": "City Manager and a city staff member",
      "name": "Mr. Giles and Ms. Mayle (as addressed)",
      "topic": "three added questions on whether electric rates include hydro or dam costs, whether customers are credited for hydro output, and who supplies the city’s purchased power. Sent as a follow-up to the request below.",
      "status": "No reply yet",
      "status_key": "noreply",
      "reply_by": "2026-10-09",
      "url": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests#2026-10-02-st-louis-followup"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-10-02-st-louis",
      "sent": "2026-10-02",
      "office": "City of St. Louis",
      "role": "City Manager and a city staff member",
      "name": "Mr. Giles and Ms. Mayle (as addressed)",
      "topic": "current status and cost of the hydroelectric units and dam, the basis for the city’s “seven percent” statement, what the 1958 and 2001 electric bonds paid for, who paid for the 1977–79 rebuild, and when the city acquired the dam.",
      "status": "No reply yet",
      "status_key": "noreply",
      "reply_by": "2026-10-09",
      "url": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests#2026-10-02-st-louis"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-09-30-herald",
      "sent": "2026-09-30",
      "office": "Gratiot County Herald (private business)",
      "role": "Editor",
      "topic": "why searches of the statewide public-notice repository return no Gratiot County Herald notices, and whether the Herald submits its legal notices there. The Herald is a private business, so a reply is published with its consent.",
      "status": "No reply yet",
      "status_key": "noreply",
      "reply_by": null,
      "url": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests#2026-09-30-herald"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-09-30-mpa",
      "sent": "2026-09-30",
      "office": "Michigan Press Association (private organization)",
      "role": "Association staff",
      "topic": "whether the statewide public-notice repository is receiving submissions from the Gratiot County Herald, any known technical issue, and whether any newspaper is submitting Gratiot County notices. The association is a private organization, so a reply is published with its consent.",
      "status": "No reply yet",
      "status_key": "noreply",
      "reply_by": null,
      "url": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests#2026-09-30-mpa"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-09-19-county-followup",
      "sent": "2026-09-19",
      "office": "Gratiot County",
      "role": "County Administrator, spokesperson for the Board of Commissioners and FOIA Coordinator",
      "name": "Timothy J. Dolehanty",
      "topic": "whether Animal Control employees may answer questions from this publication directly, or whether all questions about county departments must go through the administrator’s office. No reply as of Oct. 2, 2026. This follow-up did not set a reply date.",
      "status": "No reply yet",
      "status_key": "noreply",
      "reply_by": null,
      "url": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests#2026-09-19-county-followup"
    },
    {
      "id": "2026-09-17-animal-control",
      "sent": "2026-09-17",
      "office": "Gratiot County Animal Control",
      "role": "Department (message addressed to its director; the county administrator replied)",
      "topic": "Animal Control’s perspective on topics discussed at the Sept. 15 Board of Commissioners meeting. The county administrator, writing as the board’s official spokesperson, replied instead of the department. He wrote that he will not respond to questions from anonymous persons.",
      "status": "Redirected · Declined to answer anonymous questions",
      "status_key": "redirected",
      "reply_by": null,
      "url": "https://www.gcwhistleblower.com/requests#2026-09-17-animal-control"
    }
  ]
}